The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-20
A CHRISTINA, TALE,

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while We q wood yet inurmur mildly!
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How an iruPscunius Young Man Purchased
liis Girl u Present.
y 8. Iina In Aarptr'i Watly. ....
The greater part Of the following nara.
tive will be recognized as rhetorical. That
part Of II which Is not found In history Is
clearly ehoHn to be true by the attendant
circumstances.
On July .. l77G. thrco Eoglish men.oi.
war and diyision Of tranuportn paced
through tho Nas,ows, q. the entrance to
New York Bay, IN anchored CT Staten
Island. Tho genadiers and lish:.inian:ry
put OF In row.boals, whila the Long
lsland shoto feva,berEted with tho nlarm.
guns Of tho Americans. Among the email
boats wGH one which bo,o General lowe
Commander.in.Chief OF the British iorcos
and standing on tho gunwGls OF tho boat,
anxl onely watching the near approach to
land, WAS tho Generals ieyorite dog, A
Scotch collie by the name Of Frolic, As
the hoa! graded on tho sands tho dog
leapsd ashOre with joyous bark, and ca.
pored aboutin grDat glee. The troorb be.
Ing landed, tho General botook himself to
Richmond, where he made bis hecLGuSr.
tiers. As night approached, General
Howe thought Of his dog lor the first time,
and called him. No one remembered
seeing tho iAvorite collie rrcs the landing
Of the troops, and 1t WAS evident after o
time that ho was Loot. The General ut
once sat down and inlited tho following
notice:
1--WE POUNDS REWARD-Loat, a
A. collie dog. answering 10 20 name OF FtOtIc
me above reward VIII bp given to any oue return.
Ing ys dog ioye headquarters OF 10 Commander.
s.FI WILLIAM HOWE.
The notice wGs laid aside TO DO posted
The next Cny, but for Boms unknown res.
con was neglected, and lay undisturbod
smong tho private papers Of the British
general.
II.
II was In the early part OF December,
1856, that 1 lay back in my easy.ehsir and
thought over my condition. It was any.
thing but promining, and my reflections
wero OF the most pessimistic kind. In the
dtst place, Chrlatmas gift had to bs pur.
chaued for certain porson, and had not
the money with which 10 ret 1t. had
not Just decided what kind OF present to
make, but Il would have to be a nico one;
for although l WEB not engaged then to
this somebody, expected to be. could
not buy anything on credit, for those who
did not know me would certainly refuse 10
trust me, and those who did know me
were Of tho same mind. IpiC.ursL 10 my
sell how the sweet black eyes Of somebody
would sparkle II the present were forth.
coming at the proper moment, and then
cav the look Of regret nhB would wear
should | call on Christmas Eve without
any little token to show my deep love and
affection. Girls always like substantial
proofs OIL such things; the more sub
stantial, the better. Something had 10 be-
done, and 60 ! thought, copeiiered,
rnminsted and rt Elected, but with no bet
ter euccess than deciding that muas get
that present; how to get 1t, gave up.
In "a spirit Of desperation, born OF deg
pair" Hooked through my pockets, and
turned them inside out In the hopo Of
tindinga stray bank note, but mono np.
peRred. Fate led me to further rarsack
all my cheats and papers, and while ex-
aiming some old documenta that had pass.
ed into my POSSESSION came acros, a no.
tce, signed by Lord Howe, Of tue British
army, Offering five pounds reward for the
return OF dog. It was IN odd..ooking
old thing, with the Generals zeal In CREST
red wax on 1t, and l gszsd at |. curously.
As Tread, the bark Of dog was heard In
the yard. "Ffolic," repeated, rs.read-
Ing tho notice and then Suddenly the
truth flashed across my mind. This dog
whose bark had sounded from below was
tho descendant Of the dog for whom the
reward was offered. thought over the
matter, and was cure oil 1t. Ny grand.
father, then but boy, had witne.aed the
landing Of the British troops. Deemlns Il.
no ein, na the son OF q staach patriot,
to conti.ca.o tho properly Of the
enemy, he had allowed the dog 10 follow
him home. That 1t waa the dog OF tho
English genera! there was no doubt, and
when hia father was obliged, on account
Of Offensive craftsmanship, to remove TO
New Jersey, the dog went along. NV
grandfather liked tho name Of Froiic, and
retained il for the dogs descerdantp. Tho
direct line OF descent YVES clearly proven
by the genealogical table that had been
carefully kept, and tho pedigree of my
dog was without question. Could not
recover the rUward2 1 considered the mat.
ter, and decided that II I should return
the dog that owned TO the heirs Of Lord
Howe, l conld claim the reward without
compound intereas. At, cay, five per cent,
1t would amount 10 great sum-some
Thousands oil pounda. l felt euro that the
claim would be disputed, but was equsl.
ly certain that the money belonged 10 me,
Tor had not the papera offering the 70.
ward, In Lord Howe's own handwriting,
and descendant Of the original dog Is
well1 ES-s -.
To shorten my htory, I sat down at once
and wrote to my lawyer, stating the iscts
and enclosing the paper had found.
few days dragged nlowly by, while do
cided over and over again how would
spend my fortune when l 20. 1t. 4 great
part OF 1t, l made up my mind. would 90 iol
the present. At last tho reply came, and
encloied with tho letter WAC check. ]
had told my lawyer 10 compromise Il
necessary, and ! though t thst he had cou
Quilted with 5000 LEGAL brother, and had
sent mo q part Of the money to show thai
hu believed my cast sure one, or else ht
had arranged matters by cable. At any
ratio 1,did no. examine the check nt once
but lid II aside to rsnd the letter. As
read, my iscs fell. My csse, wrote TIT
lawyer, wss very ingenious one, but hi
would not care to undertake It. He had
however, shown the old notice 10 SOM
antiquarian friend, and had disposed oil |
to him, Tor tho aake Of the generals auto
graph, for five dollara. Further, said thl
lawyer, Lord Howe had left no heirs
Hoping that ! would DO ea.isAcd with III,
check which he encloses, he remained, III
ever, mine to command.
Five dollarsl So my dresm OF thousand
had come to this; but as l looked. at thu
check ! felt really glad that had recaivet
something, for that uomething would pur
chase the needed present. Beaides, hut
the dog LETT. y @5
PROTECTION STATE.
What has Greatly tIolptd tho Republican
In Wost Virginia.